Tuesday, May 01, 2007
BIOGAS....MORE THAN JUST SHIT
This is what I have been working hard on since November 2006. The technologies and the scientific organization was introduced to me through a friend and now I have joined in partnership with a gentleman from India, named Potnis and another gentleman named Joy, who is Tanzanian. Both are exceptional people and are working hard to bring this brilliant technology to Africa
The fact that this project is so tangible and realistic is what makes it revolutionary...it is the turning of water into wine in so far as environmentalism is concerned...every compact biogas plant producing methane from food waste and every briquette of charcoal produced from agricultural waste is a revolutionary step forward as it saves a tree, improves peoples health, provides rural income and fights global warming.
This is why I am in development, not for the endless talk and wonderful rhetoric but for realistic and tangible change....below is some more information about what we are doing....
Caused by DEFORESTATION for the collection of fuel wood and the production of charcoal for food preparation.
What if we told you this did not have to be the case?
What if you knew there exists a technology that allows you to use the food waste from your last meal to generate the energy required to cook your next meal?
There is also a technology that allows farmers to convert “agricultural waste” into new income generating opportunities?
Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI-TZ) is a Registered Tanzanian non-political,non-profit making Organization, with the Mission of serving Tanzania as an instrument of development through the dissemination and application of scientific knowledge and sustainable technologies for energy production for environmental protection, improved health, employment and income generating opportunities.
Myself and "Mzee Imma" with his new Compact Biogas Unit. This 1000/750 litre model takes up less than 2m square of space, requires 2kg of calorie rich waste per day (food waste for example) and produces enough methane gas for 2hrs cooking per day. This unit will replace the 80kg of charcoal he uses per month.
Executive Director
Appropriate Rural Technology Institute
Tanzania
P.O Box 19838
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255 (0) 78 642 7949
Email: www.arti.tanzania.gmail.com
The fact that this project is so tangible and realistic is what makes it revolutionary...it is the turning of water into wine in so far as environmentalism is concerned...every compact biogas plant producing methane from food waste and every briquette of charcoal produced from agricultural waste is a revolutionary step forward as it saves a tree, improves peoples health, provides rural income and fights global warming.
This is why I am in development, not for the endless talk and wonderful rhetoric but for realistic and tangible change....below is some more information about what we are doing....
Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)
Tanzania
Tanzania
TANZANIA IS CURRENTLY FACING A SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
Caused by DEFORESTATION for the collection of fuel wood and the production of charcoal for food preparation.
The impact is widespread and has serious environmental, economic, social and health implications.
BUT
What if we told you this did not have to be the case?
AND: that realistic alternatives are available?
What if you knew there exists a technology that allows you to use the food waste from your last meal to generate the energy required to cook your next meal?
AND
There is also a technology that allows farmers to convert “agricultural waste” into new income generating opportunities?
Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI-TZ) is a Registered Tanzanian non-political,non-profit making Organization, with the Mission of serving Tanzania as an instrument of development through the dissemination and application of scientific knowledge and sustainable technologies for energy production for environmental protection, improved health, employment and income generating opportunities.
These technologies are developed and standardized by Appropriate Rural Technology Institute, Pune, India.
- ARTI India is a registered scientific society, established in April 1996 by a group of scientists, technologists and social workers
- To date, ARTI- India has completed over 50 projects and has emerged as one of the internationally acclaimed R & D institutions
- The Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy 2006, for ARTI’s Compact Biogas System
- The Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy 2002, for ARTI’s charcoaling technology and Sarai Cooking System.
- ARTI has established itself as an internationally recognised developer of innovative and appropriate rural technologies
The Technolgies ARTI-TZ is Introducing:
Who does this impact?
The reality behind ARTI Tanzania’s technologies is that its impact will improve the lives of every Tanzanian, either directly or indirectly, regardless of income, where they live, gender, age, tribe, religion and profession. Everyone needs to eat a hot meal and this is precisely the cause of the indiscriminate deforestation in Tanzania. Therefore, our clientele essentially includes anybody who collects fuel wood or produces charcoal for cooking, anybody who is involved in food preparation and anybody who eats those meals.
Myself and "Mzee Imma" with his new Compact Biogas Unit. This 1000/750 litre model takes up less than 2m square of space, requires 2kg of calorie rich waste per day (food waste for example) and produces enough methane gas for 2hrs cooking per day. This unit will replace the 80kg of charcoal he uses per month.For More information:
Executive Director
Appropriate Rural Technology Institute
Tanzania
P.O Box 19838
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255 (0) 78 642 7949
Email: www.arti.tanzania.gmail.com
